NIMHANS Hospital, Bengluru

About NIMHANS Hospital, Bengluru

National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) is a multispeciality hospital with a major focus on mental health and neurosciences. It was founded in 1987 as Banglore Lunatic Asylum by Dr Charles Irwing Smith and was later renamed NIMHANS post-independence.

It specialises in Biophysics, Biostatistics, Child Psychiatry, Adolescent Psychiatry, Clinical Neuroscience, Psychopharmacology, Neurotoxicology, Psychology, Epidemiology, Genetics, Mental Health Education, Neurology, Neuromicrobiology, Neuropathology, Transfusion Medicine, Haematology, Neurophysiology, Neurosurgery, Neurovirology, Nursing, Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Neuroanaesthesia, Neuro Critical Care, Neurochemistry, Neuroimaging, Interventional Radiology, Speech Pathology, Audiology, and Integrative Medicine.

The hospital also has a 24-hours emergency, pharmacy, blood bank, and pathology laboratory. 

Visitors can schedule appointments for outpatient department consultations through the website. OPD is open from 10 am to 5 pm, Monday through Saturday.